December 2009
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LUNCH: a Lunch and Dessert List for 2009 →
“Every year there some meals and desserts that just bring ridiculous grins to our faces. Not necessarily the fanciest or most expensive, but somehow just incredibly satisfying. And we could not let the year pass without paying homage to some delicious meals that no longer exist. By no means exhaustive, some of the more memorable lunches and desserts from 2009”
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NY State Is Broke! - Gothamist →
“After months of warnings, NY State is now broke. The NY Times reports, ‘New York had a negative balance of $174 million in its general fund on Wednesday, with nearly $1 billion in bills owed by day’s end.’ And State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli said, ‘New York State is officially living paycheck to paycheck. The state is starting the new year by scrambling to make payments...
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Safety of food at airports spotty - USATODAY.com →
via: http://ny.eater.com/archives/2009/12/up_in_the_air.php
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Documenting the Decade - NYTimes.com →
“Crowdsourced photos from nytimes readers. A decade in 667 images” - http://twitter.com/jenny8lee/status/7197496047
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Inside the White House: The Situation Room on Vimeo (via Vimeo)
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Inside the White House: The Cabinet on Vimeo (via Vimeo)
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Serious Eats: New York: The Year That Was 2009 →
2009 Serious Eats New York year end round ups!
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NYC Needs Blood! - Gothamist →
“The city’s need for blood is at an all-time high, and the New York Blood Center is calling on New Yorkers to ‘roll up their sleeves’ and ‘give the gift of life.’”
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Common Household Cleaners Are Creating Mutant... →
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Genesis
Please pardon the dust, it’s a work in progress.
I never had a clear idea for what I wanted to use tumblr for. At first I used it as my twitter posting random updates long before I joined twitter. Then it was random links and reposting my friend’s tumblr posts I liked. There might have been other stuff in between; you can go back to look at that if you’d like. So finally...
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Narco Christmas →
Photos taken by Jeff Antebi in the Mexican city of Juarez around Christmas.
“In the span of 72 hours that I was taking photographs, I would estimate at least 20 murders took place. I visited more than 5 murder scenes and memorial services.”
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Slice Pizza Blog: The Year That Was: Adam's Top 8... →
“I ate a lot of pizza in 2009, but these eight pies from around the country continue to haunt my dreams. I’m not declaring these “the best,” per se, just the top eight I keep thinking about and wanting more of.”
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From their very first days, the cries of newborns already bear the mark of the...
– Newborn Babies Cry in Native Tongue | LiveScience (via ayjay)
Those fetuses are remarkably human-like in the womb.
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Gamers get less, give more in 2009, News from... →
via: http://twitter.com/jwhdavison/status/7069731067
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BBC News - Asia marks fifth anniversary of Indian... →
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Big City - A Warm, Safe Holiday for Homeless Youth... →
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Merry Christmas!!!
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Aurgasm » SomethingALaMode →
via: http://twitter.com/meltingnoise/status/7034547703